asTTle (Assessment Tools for Teaching and Learning)The version 1 CD-ROM of asTTle was trialled in a group of New Zealand schools in 2002. In 2003, the version 2 CD-ROM was published. This includes assessment tools for reading, writing, and mathematics (pānui, tuhituhi, pāngarau) in English and te reo Māori for years 5, 6, and 7.

Ministry of Education and the University of Auckland (2003). Assessment Tools for Teaching and Learning: He Pūnaha Aromatawai mō te Whakaako me te Ako. Version 2. Wellington: Ministry of Education.

Works or websites cited in the English exemplarsWhere books or articles are cited in any of the English exemplars, a reference section listing these is included in that exemplar. The English progress indicators also include a reference section. The cited publications are those used by the teachers and students in the particular exemplar, or referred to in the matrices. They are not required texts. (Some traditional stories – for example, the story of the three little pigs – are referred to generically, not cited as specific publications.)

Written Language references

Ministry of Education reading seriesThe Ministry of Education provides a variety of reading resources, including audio versions of many titles, for primary to early secondary classes. Teachers can also use these series to model good writing and to help students to develop their writing skills. The reading series are:

Ready to Read (years 1 to 3)

Junior Journal (years 2 to 3)

School Journal, Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 (years 4 to 8)

The Journal of Young People's Writing

School Journal Story Library (years 6 to 10)

Choices (years 9 and 10)

Connected, which supports the mathematics, science, and technology curricula, can also be used in the classroom writing programme, particularly as a source of examples of explanatory writing.

Support materials for the reading series

Ready to Read

Ministry of Education (2001). Ready to Read Teacher Support Material. Wellington: Learning Media. This folder contains material for emergent and early levels.

Ministry of Education (2002). Books for Junior Classes. Wellington: Learning Media. This book lists titles and relates them to the Ready to Read colour wheel levels.

School Journal

Ministry of Education (1998). The Essential School Journal: A Handbook for Teachers. Wellington: Learning Media. This handbook offers suggestions on using the School Journal in classroom reading programmes.

Parts 1 and 2 of the School Journal are now published with teachers' notes.

Finding Ministry resources

Resource LinkResource Link helps to keep schools up to date with the Ministry-provided resources delivered to them each term. Copies are distributed to schools on the basis of teacher numbers.